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Photograph of the Ptunarra Brown Butterfly (Oreixenica ptunarra) © Rachel Anderson	Victims
Photograph of white box found at http://www.gbcma.vic.gov.au/threatenedcommunities/ courtesy Victorian Dept of Sustainability and Environment 2006	Victims
Photograph of a drooping she-oak found at http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/biodiversity/west_bcp/threatened_ecr.html courtesy the South Australian Dept for Environment and Heritage	Victims
Photograph of the Australasian bittern found at http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/finder/display.cfm?id=224 © Mike Carter	Victims
Photograph of the Northern corroborree frog (Pseudophryne pengilleyi), found at http://www.anbg.gov.au/cryptogams/underworld/panel-10/index.html © Commonwealth of Australia, DEWHA	Victims
Photograph of a Bush stone-curlew (Burhinus grallarius) found at http://photogallery.canberrabirds.org.au/various_water_birds.htm#BSCurlew © David Cook	Victims
Photograph of the Little pied bat (Chalinolobus picatus) found at http://www.threatenedspecies.environment.nsw.gov.au/tsprofile/profile.aspx?id=10159 © Michael Pennay	Victims
Photograph of the Rigid spider orchid (Arachnorchis tensa) found at http://www.retiredaussies.com/ © Colin Rowan	Victims
Photograph of the Death adder (Acanthopis antarcticus) found at http://www.jcu.edu.au/school/tbiol/zoology/herp/PalumaHerps/PalumaHerps-elapids.shtml © Simon Fearn	Victims
Photographs of the Golden perch (Macquaria ambigua) found at http://www.mdbc.gov.au/subs/fish-info/native_info/goldenPerch.html and the European carp found at http://www.mdbc.gov.au/subs/fish-info/alien/carp.html © Gunther Schmida	Victims/Villains
Photograph of a pair of Brolgas (Grus rubicanda) found at http://bird.net.au/bird/index.php?title=Image:Two-Brolgas.jpg	Victims
Photograph of a Tussock skink found at http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/WebPages/BHAN-55J2K3?open © Alex Dudley	Victims
Photograph of Gunther’s toadlet found at http://www.frogsaustralia.net.au/frogs/display.cfm?frog_id=78 © Dr Hal Cogger	Victims
Photograph of an Eastern barred bandicoot courtesy of Parks Victoria	Victims
Photograph of the Black footed rock wallaby © Thomas Schoch, found at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Black-footed_Rock-wallaby.jpg	Victims
Sound file (MP3) of the call of the bush stone curlew, found at http://www3.environment.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/content/bush+stone-curlew+community+survey © State of New South Wales through the Department of Environment and Climate Change	Victims
Photograph of wetland affected by acid sulfate soils found at http://www.nrm.gov.au/projects/nsw/lmd/2006-08.html © John Butler, courtesy Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.	Villains
Photographs of Buffel grass found at http://www.csiro.au/resources/BuffelGrass.html and salinity found at http://www.clw.csiro.au/heartlands/focus_catchments/mid_ovens.html © CSIRO	Villains
Photograph of gorse found at http://stca.tas.gov.au/?p=54 courtesy of Jonah Gouldthorpe.	Villains
Photograph of a grain handling facility found at http://www.gpa.wa.gov.au/content.aspx?documentid=16 courtesy of the Geraldton Port Authority	Villains
Photograph of land clearing found at https://www.wilderness.org.au/cyberactivist/cyberactions/07_07_landclearing_cyberaction.php courtesy of The Wilderness Society	Villains
Photograph showing erosion found at http://humanities.cqu.edu.au/geography/GEOG11024/week_6.htm courtesy of Mark Sallaway, Queensland Dept of Natural Resources	Villains
Photograph of Earth from space found at http://grcimagenet.grc.nasa.gov/home/scr_main.cfm courtesy of NASA	Villains
Photograph of White weed found at http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/Images/SLEN-5ND4KG/$File/weeds_Car-dra-flowerstem.jpg courtesy of the Government of Tasmania	Villains
Photograph of a fox with prey and feral goats found at http://www.anra.gov.au/topics/rangelands/pubs/tracking-changes/impacts.html © Commonwealth of Australia, DEWHA	Villains
Photographs of countryside near Campbelltown, Tasmania © Tom Brown, 2007	Crime sites
Photographs of the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia courtesy Sam Doudle from the South Australian Government Minnipa Agricultural Research Centre (SARDI)	Crime sites
Photographs of the Macquarie River and sewage © Dr Ron West	Crime sites
Photograph of marshes in the Macquarie River found at http://www.npansw.org.au/gallery1/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Macquarie-Marshes&id=dying_trees courtesy of National Parks Association of NSW	Crime sites
Photograph of the Richmond River found at: http://www.ballina.net/gallery.htm © Colin Cooksey http://www.tropicalnsw.com.au/ccphoto	Crime sites
Photograph of the Alstonville plateau and Richmond River found at http://www.anra.gov.au/topics/water/overview/nsw/gmu-alstonville-basalt.html © Commonwealth of Australia, DEWHA	Crime sites
Photograph of ploughed field near Temora on the Murrumbidgee River NSW, found at www.ga.gov.au/education/facts/tenure.htm © Commonwealth of Australia, Geoscience Australia	Crime sites
Photograph of river red gum wetlands, Murrumbidgee River NSW, found at http://naturalresources.nsw.gov.au/water/wetlands_area_murrum.shtml photograph by Dayle Green (DLWC)	Crime sites
Photograph of buffel grass after rain, Alice Springs NT © Colin G. Wilson	Crime sites
Photograph of dry Todd River bed found at http://www.cazr.csiro.au/toddriverwalk/end.html © CSIRO	Crime sites
Photograph of Cunnamulla Weir on the Warrego River, by Sam Davis WISE NPWS found at http://wiserivers.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/Multimedia/vBlob.jsp?id=668	Crime sites
Photograph of flood event on the Warrego River, by Sam Davis WISE NPWS found at http://wiserivers.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/Multimedia/vBlob.jsp?flagged=1&id=526	Crime sites
Photograph of the Pink lake, WA © Paul Bourke	Crime sites
Photograph of the Avon River, Yilgarn Catchment, WA, courtesy of the Shire of York	Crime sites
Photograph showing irrigation © Tom Brown	Crime sites
Photograph of the Wimmera River near Dimboola, Victoria found at http://www.envict.org.au/inform.php?menu=7&submenu=1313&item=1384 courtesy of Environment Victoria	Crime sites
Photograph of the Wimmera catchment, Victoria © Matthew Edwards	Crime sites